h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

The joining forum has been axed! What's a young want-to-be weevonite like me supposed to do? I've even been practasing the secret password:

"I want to be in the Church of the Frue Weevil" D'oh!
"I want to be in the Burch of the True Weevil" D'oh!
"I want to eat in the Church of the True Weevil" Hmm, that's got a nice ring to it...
OK, here goes...
"I want to be in the Church of the True Weevil"

WAHOO!!!

See I can do it!

Can then powers that weev see fit to open a new thred for waifs like me?

Thanks,
ReapeR

Sorry for the delay. Work's been hectic lately and I'm still trying to repair the damage done by the move to the B*C.

Welcome to the church, ReapeR. You haven't chosen a title yet, so let me know what you'd like to be called as a church member.

Could take some time for other church members to find their way back, so it will likely be a bit quiet around here for a little while.

This, of course, should not stop you from any weevil-spotting endeavors you may wish to undertake.

Title, me? [well OK maybe not a real blush but as close to one as a skull can get]

how about: Oi You
nah maybe not

Urrm...

Weevium Mortus Eradicus (bloke who puts all dead weevils in their place, we can't have them nicking our corn syrup can we!)

And I did spot a weevil wondering arround my pad last weekend, it's a Skeletal Weevil of Dubious Intent. There's quite a few from where I live but I don't kow if any mortals have seen one.

See you later,

ReapeR

Alrighty, you are now ReapeR, Weevium Mortus Eradicus, although we certainly don't like to think of our weevil friends in a state of... well... being dead.

Good weevil-spotting, there. I've added your discovery to the church page.

Just made a visit to your page, I should have guessed that something like this would be Monty Python inspired! Which is your fav movie? Mines the Holy Grail.

"Let's not bicker and argue about Ooo killed Ooo"

I think we should organise a Weevil parrade to raise awairness about our friendly dispossition.

We can hand out free samples of corn syrup and Weevil hats, make a donation to some kid related charity and then get completely out of our heads on corn syrup at the Meet the Weevils Party come the end of the day

Yours weevily
ReapeR (Weevium Mortus Eradicus)

I've seen every movie, watched every TV episode, and listened to every single record. I like everything they ever did except for the following sketches, which I'm just bloody tired of hearing:

- Nudge Nudge (never liked this one)
- The Parrot Sketch (I've exhausted all possible humour value out of it)

...that's about it. I still get a laugh out of the argument sketch, which I consider to be brilliant.

If I had to pick a favourite film, I'd have to say Holy Grail, but I think Jabberwocky is generally underappreciated.

I'm just too busy at the mo' to organise much of anything (12 hour work days of late). Besides, we still need to wait for some other members to show up.

Good point, but we could just run arround a lot to make it seem like there are more of us!

I'd have thought that a few more would have made it back by now, it was on Brittish TV so they should have been hammering at the door again, like when DNA fisrt aired it on Tommorows World, the servers were clogged for days!

Anyway I think I've just seen a strange Weevil over there, it looked a bit shy and I don't think I've seen it before.

I'm afraid that I may have attracted the attention of TechnicolorYawn, I appologise in advance

ReapeR (Scored his first conversion!)

Hey, ReapeR, welcome to the church!!

Blimey, it is v. quiet around here. I do like the idea of a parade - we could do with some sort of recruitment drive!

Nick, surely a weevil-meister of your calibre can arrange some party-based weevil-related nonsense AND work a 12 hour day! What are you, a man or a weevil???

Make mine a large marGin and we'll get planning

I'm the weevil man.

Oh, you mischievous little penguin, you. Very well, we will organise a weevil parade. Any suggestions as to how this should proceed will be greatly appreciated.

We definitely need a few more church members first. How about we try to email em, most will have an email address on their page. All we have to do is split the members list into 3 then try to coax as many as we can out from hiding. I ain't too good at writing so if we club together I'm sure we can come up with an irresistible message.

ReapeR (failed english 1st time round )

Sounds like a plan, although it will probably be easier to just post a message onto people's h2g2 home page, considering everybody will have one of those. I'll try and find time this afternoon to draw up a brief party invitation and party page , but Nick you'll need to put a link to it from the weevil church page...

My mum is staying with me for the weekend so I shall get the Brown-backed Secretary Weevils to help. Slavering fangs can be very useful with a keyboard.

What if they don't know H2G2 is back online? We need some message to email em if they haven't made any postings.

I found another Weevil last night I was happily drinking and then it was there, right in front of me. So I asked it which spiecies it was. It replied in a nice and friendly tone (how else would a Weevil reply?) that it belonged to the Alcoholicly Induced Phantom Weevil That May Only Be Seen By One Who Has Had Too Much To Drink variety, so I said that that was a bit of a mouthfull and was there a shorter version, it said yes, Time To Stop Weevil. Oh I said, is that some kind of sign then. Yes it replied and could it please be excused because it had a lot of people to visit tonight and that weekends were very tiring for it. So I bade it fairewell and it vannished.

Luckily for me I mentioned it to my friend who promptly wrote it all down, although I'm still not sure wether this was to help me or to bribe me with later. Anyway there it is, a confirmed sighting of one of the most ellusive Weevils that treads on our small planet!

ReapeR (please, not too loud)

Feeling a little delicate there ReApEr? Should stay off that corn syrup

Party plans have got nowhere yet... what a surprise! Spent the afternoon watching vids.

Alrighty, I will post a link on the church page once you've made the invitation. However, I think that e-mailing folks is a bit intrusive. Posting a note on peoples' home page sounds like a better idea, but that's a fair bit of work.

What about posting something on the h2g2 clubs page instead?

What h2g2 clubs page?

I don't mind spending some time posting to individuals home pages. I mean, there is nothing else to do round here

Yeah, me too. Just give me a list and a message and I'll get through em as fast as I can. Fair point about the emails, I'm just too easy going some times

The beginnings of a welcome back party are taking shape at http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A529760 (actually it isn't really in any shape at all) - hope I haven't duplicated anyone's efforts. Any ideas most welcome for what should be at the party - it's bring a bottle of course! But apart from that, I think it needs some lively sections etc.

I shall get an invite done soon and divi the list of church members up between me and ReapeR - as Nick is such a busy laddie . I think we should have the welcome party up and in full swing by the time the invites go out

-- and to start the ball rolling, I have opened a bottle of wine -- oh, hang on - getting real life and h2g2 mixed up again - oh well, can't let it go to waste

that last little it was by way of a warning

Nick is fully aware of the ramifications of 'I've just opened a bottle of wine' - things will end up either hilarously funny or pitifully depressing before the evening is out (or both possibly- depressing for me, but hilarously funny for you??)

-- cheers (dives head first into bucket of shiraz)

um.. a little it - very rare these days


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Oh blimey, 7 hours ago. I've missed your little bender once again. Blast. Ah well, I'm certain that, once in the appropriate "condition" (as it were), you will come up with something that we'll all agree makes no sense whatsoever, yet still remains entertaining. This, of course, is exactly the kind of thing we're looking for here.

Well, time to watch the Canucks lose again tonight. Against L.A. this time. Phoo.